Day For Night

France   F. Truffaut, Jacqueline Bisset

This is probably the best film ever made about the incredible ordeal of making a film. Lickety-split pacing all the way through gave a breathless sense of the constant time pressure a director faces as complex plans go awry and the future of the project is always in doubt.

He is dealing with immature, extremely temperamental people who are all egocentric, have no long-term relationships with each other and use tantrums to get their way. It takes patience and a calm center to survive this madness...and yet thousands try. And thank god they do.

Brilliantly played by all hands...except Truffaut who cast himself in the lead even though he is, at best, a mediocre actor.

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